{"product_id":"the-writings-of-teresa-de-cartagena-9780859914468","title":"The Writings of Teresa de Cartagena","description":"Translation, with full explanatory notes, of the two works of Teresa de Cartagena, the fifteenth-century Spanish nun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis affordable, engaging and important translation of Teresa de Cartagena's works significantly expands and enriches the current canon of medieval women writers. ANNE CLARK BARTLETT, DePAUL UNIVERSITY \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Teresa de Cartagena was born in Burgos in about 1415-20, into a powerful family of Jewish origin. All we know of Teresa comes from her work: she was deaf and not physically strong, she was a nun, and - perhaps the source of her resilience -she was well-educated, above all in religion and moral philosophy. Deaf from early womanhood, her consolatory treatise Grove of the Infirm is a reflection on the spiritual benefits of illness; her second work, Wonder at the Works of God, was apparently written to counter the contention of her critics that a handicapped woman had nothing of value to say. This artful manipulation of the familiar devotional genre of \"the treatise of consolation\" reveals a woman writer intimately familiar with the cultural practices of her era; overall, both works allow a rare glimpse into the world of women in fifteenth-century Spain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e DAYLE SEIDENSPINNER-NUNEZ is Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911418777874,"sku":"9780859914468","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a2344308-a257-49fd-b53c-04bc31bc7cab.jpg?v=1738740577","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-writings-of-teresa-de-cartagena-9780859914468","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}